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anathematization en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English anathematize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English anathematization From anathematize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation.
   • Michelangelo very naturally seconded the anathematization of the Bolognese by Julius, not so much for the insult to the Pope as for the wretched lack of taste they had shown in destroying a work of art. 1916, Elbert Hubbard, “Michelangelo”, in Little Journeys Vol. 4: Eminent Painters:
   • He must have been a boy of spirit and resource, to get here on a stopped allowance of five sous a week; but he did it somehow, and he burst in on his father, and pleaded his sister's cause. Venerable parent promptly resorts to anathematization, and turns him out. 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “The Man from Somewhere”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, 1st book (The Cup and the Lip), page 11:

Forms

Relateds

anathematizer

Synonyms

condemnation · anathemization · vilification

Translations (1)

pt anatematização (the act of anathematizing)